The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-10-20
THE MONTANA EXTENSION.
An Unparalleled Feat of Railroad
Building.

On Saturday 18th inst, the first loco
motive on the Montana Extension OF the
st. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba rail
road, reachedthe GreatFalls of the Missouri,
in Montana, 1913 miles west DIST. Paul.
The entire length OF the line from Minot
to Great Falls is $50 miles, and on April
2 last the track extended five miles west OF
Mirot. On that date the contractors be-
gan the gigantic undertaking OF grading
and laying tracks on $40 miles ofroad into
q new country in one direction, with the
intention of completing it by Nov.
I. The 18th of October brought them to
their destination, although the tracklay-
ers will continue right on and put the iron
on the Montana Central from Great Falls
to Helena. For the first month hut thr-
ty miles Of track were laid owing to the
fact that the graders had not got out OF
the way. Several other delays were caused
by the same reason. but none since June
5. The record OF progress by months is
shown as follows, the distance being given
west OF Minot.
Miles Miles.
April 2........ 2. % August 1......292.3O
May 1...... 35.1 September 1..4O7.5O
June 1...........111.1 October 1......509.3O
July 1...........191.7 October 15....549.75
The largest months record was in Au-
gust, and the largest week OF any seven
days was from Aug. to 13 inclusive, 1926
miles being laid. The largest indi-
vidual days work was that gi-
gantic record of Aug. IL, when
AZ, 800 feet were laid between daybreak
and dark, the end OF the track being 1856
miles from Minot in the morning, and 1913. 8
miles from Minot at night. The second
greatest days record was onJune 16, when
3S, 900 feet we're laid from 241.7 miles
west Of Minot to 24S,9. Both OF those rec
ords are far ahead OF the Canadian Pa
cifcs biggest days work. which (6b miles)
has hitherto stood as the accepted marvel
OF fast tracklaying.
The building OF the Manitoba extension
from Minot to Great Falls by Sheppard,
Winston & Co., stands without parallel
in the history OF railroad construction,
both in the magnitude OF the work as o
whole and in the record OF track lay ing on
particular days.
E. L. Dudley, receiver OF the Central
Iowa Railroad company filed in the United
States circuit court his report for the
months OF june July and August last. On
June / he had $22, 1885 on hand. He
received in June $121. 265.G5 and disburs-
ed ST., 627.63. In July he received, S119..
928.62, and disbursed S125, 49O.31. Ia
August he received S144 s4S,74 and paid
out $1S6, 1867, leaving cash balance
on hand Aug. 81 Of S26, 5O3.64.
The health authorities OF New York have
issued a public notice that therei is no dan
ger whatever to the city from the patients
brought on the steamer Alesia. There
have been no new cases developed on Hoff-
man island since the night OF Oct. z, and
the Alesia's passengers are in an exception
ally sanitary condition.
The American ship Occidental has ar.
rived from Acapulco, Mexico. She sailed
from Cardiff Jan. 20, with coal for Aca-
pulco. On March 16, Capt. j. Williams
had some words with John johnson. a
seaman, ABOUT an order that was destroy
ed and Johnson stabbed him to the heart,
causing instant death.